111 transfers into the Donegal Junior League

The transfer window for the Donegal Junior League closed on Monday, with a total of 111 transfers completed since August.

Incredibly, Ulster Senior league side Bonagee United have transferred out 30 players, although eight of those players have joined Bonagee’s Donegal League team. With each transfer costing E30, the Donegal Junior League made E900 from Bonagee’s transfers alone.

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Drumkeen United and Kildrum Tigers have also seen a mass exodus of their players joining the Donegal League, with 15 players leaving Drumkeen and 16 moving on from Station Road.

Neil Lloyd has left Kildrum to join Curragh Athletic, while Johnny McGinty, Christopher Porter and Russell Porter are now part of Hugh ‘Rua” Gallagher’s squad at Gweedore Celtic.

Gary Merritt has left Finn Harps to join Milford United, and Merritt got off to a super start for Noel Gillespie’s men scoring a hat-trick against St Catherine’s on Sunday. Micheal Doherty,Shane Barclay and Ryan Shields have also left Finn Park, joining Drumoghill FC, Curragh Athletic and Kilmacrennan Celtic respectively.

Last year’s league champions Lifford Celtic have brought in eight players, with Lee Neeson rejoining the club after a brief stint at Letterkenny Rovers. Glenea United, who were pipped at the post last year by Lifford, have signed Joe Coll from Derry City, while four of their players have returned to Glascheroo after spending the summer playing Ulster Senior league football with Bonagee United.

Kerrykeel ‘71 were busy over the weekend concluding transfers to bring Davitt Walsh and Seamie ‘Coshia’ Friel to Rab’s Park. Walsh was on the books at Letterkenny Rovers this year, but spent the majority of the season in Boston, while Friel joins from Drumkeen United. Former Finn Harps legend, Paddy McGrenaghan is also on the Kerrykeel books after leaving Fanad United.

Meanwhile, Oisin McMenamin and Kieran Gorman have joined Rathmullan Celtic from Letterkenny Rovers while Keadue Rovers have acquired the services of Danny Rodgers and David Ward from Finn Harps.

The transfer window for the Donegal Junior League will reopen again on the 1st of December.

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